Question: if I want to upgrade video card and another 4-8gb ram later on, would these two be insufficient?
Thanks in advance! :)

Tator Tot

03-08-2013 11:42 PM

You don't need anything close to that powerful.

Kingwin LZP-550 would be your best option at $120. It's more capable than the HX650 and far more efficient than the TX750v2.

Like wise, it costs about the same and you could easily go to a Core i7 3770K & two GTX 680's with it.

mdk777

03-09-2013 12:40 AM

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my cpu power usage was only 327, yet can't run games smoothly.

Not following you here...your game frame rate is dependent on your GPU and CPU.

Extra wattage is not going to make any difference(well some with OC...but in general)

Like TT says, you can run any top end card on your rig with a good 550 watt.

My amd 7970 OC with and old AMD cpu (150 watt) never pulls over 350Watts. :D

Noplay

03-09-2013 12:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Tator Tot
(Post 96767)

You don't need anything close to that powerful.

Kingwin LZP-550 would be your best option at $120. It's more capable than the HX650 and far more efficient than the TX750v2.

Like wise, it costs about the same and you could easily go to a Core i7 3770K & two GTX 680's with it.

Thanks for your suggestions!
That video card made me drool...
One question: would you choose to have 1 really good video card or on top of my crappy 550ti I buy another decent one and do dual?

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Originally Posted by mdk777
(Post 96771)

Not following you here...your game frame rate is dependent on your GPU and CPU.

Extra wattage is not going to make any difference(well some with OC...but in general)

Like TT says, you can run any top end card on your rig with a good 550 watt.

My amd 7970 OC with and old AMD cpu (150 watt) never pulls over 350Watts. :D

haha my bad after reading about rate of diminishing returns for derating curve, I thought it was better safe than sorry to get that wiggle room because I was planning on upgrading the video card and core and ram.
I definitely am glad I read those stickies because before this incident I was fooled by salesmen at fry's.

mdk777

03-09-2013 01:29 AM

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One question: would you choose to have 1 really good video card or on top of my crappy 550ti I buy another decent one and do dual?

I always find one better;

SLI and crossfire is dependent on software.

Some games do well, some don't. Optimized drivers always lag game roll outs...

New cards are more efficient...by the time you think of buying a second card...you can buy a new one that is twice as fast and cost less, and uses less electricity to boot.

Only go SLI if you want insane resolutions and high settings NOW. :D

Not some time in the future, example; pushing 3 or 5 monitors for 3d driving or flight sim. :D

Tator Tot

03-09-2013 01:44 AM

Just go for a single card.

rafal_iB_PL

03-09-2013 07:02 AM

Single card, I highly doubt much attention is paid to making 2x550Ti's scale properly,

allikat

03-09-2013 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by rafal_iB_PL
(Post 96777)

Single card, I highly doubt much attention is paid to making 2x550Ti's scale properly,

This. The cost to buy a second 550Ti for SLi would only be a small amount less than buying a single card with better performance in most games. You could always keep the 550ti to run secondary displays.

SLi scaling depends on the game in question, and very many games just don't handle it well at all. It also confuses auto-config software, which tends to just set things up based on single card performance anyway.

I wish I had gone for a single really good card over a pair of more modest ones.